Muzaffarnagar, January 4: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday visited Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar where she met Maulana Asad Raza Hussaini who was allegedly thrashed brutally by the police during the crackdown against anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests. Priyanka Gandhi visited Maulana Asad Raza Hussaini's house and spoke to him and his family members about what had happened. Priyanka Gandhi Hits Out at PM Modi Over NRC Row, Says 'Country Is Fed Up of Your Lies'.

"I met Maulana Asad Hussaini who was brutally thrashed by police. Students of his madrasa, including minors, were picked up by police without any reason. Of them, some were released and some are still in custody," Priyanka Gandhi told reporters. She was accompanied by Imran Masood, Congress leader from Saharanpur. According to a report of the Telegraph, the cleric was tortured and stripped in police custody. Priyanka Gandhi Stopped by UP Police on Way to Meet Family of Activist Sadaf Jafar, Arrested During Anti-CAA Protest.

Priyanka Gandhi will also meet families of those injured in police firing in Meerut. Earlier this week, Priyanka Gandhi met families of two youths who were allegedly killed in police firing in Bijnor. "The two youths, Anas and Suleiman, who were killed, were young men in their early twenties. One was working as a coffee vendor and another was an IAS aspirant. They had gone out of their houses for an errand and the news of their death came home. They were not even protesting. The police threatened their families and did not even allow burial as per the families' wishes," she said.

Demanding a judicial probe into the police's action against those who protested over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Congress leader said that the state government, police and the administration were responsible for unleashing "anarchy" in the state. She said that in Lucknow, a retired IPS officer SR Darapuri, who is 77 years old, was picked up from his home for a Facebook post.

"His wife is bed-ridden and now they have served him a notice for attachment of his property. Another activist Sadaf Jafar was arrested while she was taking a video of the protests. There are a 16-year-old daughter and a ten-year-old son in her house and they are waiting for their mother. I have met both the families," she said.

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